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Whitmer's Back-and-Forth on Football Raises Questions On The 'Science' She Cites

Tom Gantert | September 4, 2020

Without Context, Water Use Claims Are Misleading (Millions? Billions? Trillions?)

Water use debate often occurs in an information vacuum

Tom Gantert | January 16, 2020

Corporate Subsidy Formula: Big Promises In Headlines, Failures Invisible

Take those job promises with a grain of salt

Tom Gantert | October 10, 2019

Michigan Teacher Pay Scales: Top Out Fast, Then Go Nowhere

That’s the union contract most teachers accept when they enter the profession

Tom Gantert | September 14, 2019

No Such Thing As An Average Teacher Salary In Michigan

One teacher saw a $19,166 increase over three years; another, $435 over seven

Tom Gantert | September 13, 2019

Will Wild Rice Really Save The Great Lakes?

Without prioritization, it’s hard to know if Great Lakes Restoration money is well-spent

Tom Gantert | September 5, 2019

Website Calls Detroit Charter School ‘Struggling,’ Silent On Failing District Schools Nearby

Charter scored a ‘C’ on income-adjusted school ratings, but its conventional competitors got an ‘F’

Tom Gantert | August 20, 2019

Underfunded? Detroit Is State's 15th Best Funded Larger School District

Gets less from some sources and more from others

Tom Gantert | August 29, 2020

Licensure Mandates Cost Michigan Jobs And Millions In State Revenue

Job restrictions also have disparate impact on youth and minorities

Sandy Malone | December 2, 2019

What the Mackinac Center is Thankful for in 2019

Freedom, fairness and fiscal responsibility

Jarrett Skorup | November 28, 2019

New Study Shows 21st Century Jobs Fund a Bust

These programs should be repealed and their administrative agencies shut down

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 31, 2020

These programs should be repealed and their administrative agencies shut down

MEGA Mistake: Big Corporate Welfare Program Still a Waste

State economic development incentives often don’t result in much development.

Michael D. LaFaive | August 28, 2020

State economic development incentives often don’t result in much development.

Jobs Program Creates Jobs at Killer Cost

MBDP resources should go to higher priorities

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 21, 2020

MBDP resources should go to higher priorities

Michigan's Big Ten Campuses Deemed High Risk For COVID-19 Yet Football Continues

Tom Gantert | September 17, 2020

State Takes On First $800 Million In New Road Repair Debt

First installment on $3.5 billion of 'bonding' will cost taxpayers $565 million in interest

Tom Gantert | September 15, 2020

COVID-19 Hospitalization Cases Now 2,100 Less Than On April 30

September 14, 2020

Official Michigan Regional Virus Risk Map Out Of Date

‘Map colors reflect official risk levels...’ - not anymore

Tom Gantert | September 14, 2020

Not '100% Safe': State Medical Director Tells Parents To Cancel Play Dates

'...be creative and have video conference calls with your children’s friends...'

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Five Times More Whitmer Executive Orders Than Ohio

But Florida's governor has issued even more

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Michigan Averaged 125 COVID Deaths A Day In April; It’s Down To 4.9 In September

Tom Gantert | September 10, 2020

Liberal Group Gives City Of Lansing $443,000 For Voter Outreach

Funders and founders a who’s who of the moneyed left

Tom Gantert | September 9, 2020

State School Board Member Claims Teachers And Students Dying; Data Doesn’t Support It

Tom Gantert | September 9, 2020

Michigan Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge To Whitmer's Emergency Powers Sept. 9

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

Southfield Schools: Too Dangerous To Teach Classes, But Do Send Kids For $150 Per Week Daycare

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

$600 Weekly Fed Unemployment Boost Also Boosted Michigan Income Tax Collections

Tom Gantert | September 8, 2020

More Charters A ‘Complete Assault On Public School System’? Not Quite

Results of 2011 expansion not what school choice opponents said

Tom Gantert | September 7, 2020

Could Be More Lockdown Fallout: Opioid Overdoses Up 22%

‘I’ve seen far too many people die’ of overdoses, says state’s chief doctor

Tom Gantert | September 5, 2020

Governor Allows High School Swim Team Members To Remove Mandated Masks 'When Swimming'

Other athletes must mask-up even on the field

Tom Gantert | September 4, 2020

In UP, One Confirmed COVID Case In The Hospital; Its Bars Still Closed For Indoor Service

Tom Gantert | September 2, 2020

Face Mask Mandates For Some But Not Others Among Inconsistencies In Epidemic Orders

Tom Gantert | August 31, 2020

Former Crain's Detroit Business Publisher Calls Rand Paul 'Bed-Wetting Snowflake'

Tom Gantert | August 28, 2020

Perpetual State Of Emergency? Michigan One Of 15 States That Don’t Rule It Out

Tom Gantert | August 27, 2020

Cancel The Narrative: Schools Serving Michigan’s Poor Among State's Highest Funded, Not Least

Tom Gantert | August 27, 2020

Whitmer's Idea Of Bullying: Is It Small Business Politely Pleading To Reopen?

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Superintendent Gets $240K, School District Out Another $100K In Pension 'Catch-Up Costs'

Past pension underfunding takes amount equal to 40% of school payrolls

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Michigan Hospitals Less Full Than Nonpandemic Years

Keeping occupancy down one of the rationales of ongoing lockdowns

Tom Gantert | August 26, 2020

Union ‘Safety Strike’ Tells Detroit Teachers To Stay Home, But Will Students Show Up Remotely?

Tom Gantert | August 24, 2020

Judge: ‘Governor Can Order Anything, Forever, A Truly Striking Concept In A Democratic Republic’

Appeals court judge dissents

Tom Gantert | August 24, 2020

Not Training Staff On COVID Symptoms And More Earns Speedway Station $6,300 Fine

Tom Gantert | August 22, 2020

Michigan's Jobless Will Get An Extra $300 Per Week In Federal Unemployment Benefits

Extra amount authorized under Trump executive order

Tom Gantert | August 21, 2020

House Republicans 'No Way' on Detroit School Choice Restrictions

Speaker Kevin Cotter faced down intense political opposition

Tom Gantert | June 7, 2016

Michigan vs. Minnesota Report Says Little About What Policies To Pursue

Michigan Future study lists lots of correlation, no causation

Jarrett Skorup | June 18, 2014

Five School Options For Parents And Children This Fall

But nothing is certain

Parker Thayer | July 30, 2020

Michigan's Corporate Welfare Programs Are a Bad Investment

Resources expended for these programs would be better spent on higher priorities

Michael D. LaFaive and Dr. Michael J. Hicks | August 18, 2020

Resources expended for these programs would be better spent on higher priorities

Hospital Bed Occupancy Rate Below Pre-Coronavirus Levels

August 20, 2020

Michigan Unemployment Numbers Plummet As $600 Federal Bonus Ends

August 20, 2020

Strike! Detroit Teachers Union Demands Teachers Stay At Home

Children may not return to school until number of cases ‘falls to nearly zero’

August 20, 2020

Biden Plan Would Let Nation's Worst School District Shut Down Charter Competitors

Detroit school district has long history of underserving the neediest students

August 18, 2020

Schools Spend $228 Per Pupil On Supplies; Teachers Claim They Spend, Too

August 18, 2020

Stores Could Be Committing Coronavirus Crime If Hand Sanitizer Less Than 60% Alcohol

Using 'best efforts' a defense but it's not defined

August 17, 2020

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